Fwd: (RADIATOR) radiator 3.6 - patch for "Group" configuration parameter

[Mike McCauley]

Hello Randy,

thanks for the patch.
It has been applied for the next release, and a patched version of radiusd is 
now available in the 3.6 patches area on the web site.

Thanks again.

Cheers.

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 04:34 pm, Mike McCauley wrote:
> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
>
> Subject: (RADIATOR) radiator 3.6 - patch for "Group" configuration
> parameter Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 18:19:34 -0700
> From: "Brown, Randy" <Randy.Brown at cw.com>
> To: <radiator at open.com.au>
>
> As received, Radiator 3.6 does not allow the effective gid of the radiusd
>  process to be set using a symbolic group name. Only a numeric gid works.
>  Here is a patch to fix:
>
> *** radiusd-	Thu Jul  3 00:30:42 2003
> --- radiusd	Thu Jul  3 00:31:39 2003
> ***************
> *** 495,501 ****
>       if (defined $config->{Group})
>       {
>   	my $gid = $config->{Group};
> ! 	$gid = (getpwnam($config->{Group}))[2]
>   	    if ($config->{Group} !~ /^\d+$/);
>   	if (defined $gid)
>   	{
> --- 495,501 ----
>       if (defined $config->{Group})
>       {
>   	my $gid = $config->{Group};
> ! 	$gid = (getgrnam($config->{Group}))[2]
>   	    if ($config->{Group} !~ /^\d+$/);
>   	if (defined $gid)
>   	{
>
> ---
> Randy Brown
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> Cable & Wireless
> www.cw.com
>
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